Although it didn’t happen on a mountaintop in Tennessee, it was on this day in 1927 that Fess Parker was born in Fort Worth, Texas, a man who would become synonymous with the “king of the wild frontier.” And incidentally, tomorrow marks the birthday of the real-life Davy Crockett, whom Fess portrayed beginning in 1954. …
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Released between 1924 and 1927, Alice Comedies are a series of 56 silent, black and white cartoons that feature a live girl, Alice, acting in Cartoonland. Walt sent out the unfinished pilot film, Alice’s Wonderland, to various cartoon distributors in New York, and one of them, Margaret Winkler, agreed to distribute the series with payment …
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A year before the debut of Mickey Mouse, Walt Disney had another series of animated shorts whose characters had already become audience favorites. Walt Disney’s series of silent Alice Comedies featured the title character Alice, a live-action actress who experienced all types of adventures in an animated world. Often joining Alice were the animated characters …
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Released between 1924 and 1927, Alice Comedies are a series of 56 silent, black and white cartoons that feature a live girl, Alice, acting in Cartoonland. Walt sent out the unfinished pilot film, Alice’s Wonderland, to various cartoon distributors in New York, and one of them, Margaret Winkler, agreed to distribute the series with payment …
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The Alice Comedies are a series of 56 silent cartoons made between 1924 and 1927 that imagine the adventures that a live girl—Alice—has in a make-believe Cartoonland. Several young girls portrayed the role of Alice throughout the series’ run, including Virginia Davis, Dawn O’ Day, and Lois Hardwick, with child actress Margie Gay acting in …
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Yee haw! It was on this day that the cartoon short Alice at the Rodeo galloped into theaters in 1927. In this installment of the Alice Comedies, Julius the cat wins a bucking bronco contest at the rodeo. When his money is stolen, a wild-west chase ensues. As usual, the heroine of these cartoons is …
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A year after Lon Chaney starred in the silent film The Phantom of the Opera, Disney animated villain Pete also became infatuated with his own angel of music and he, too, decided to kidnap her. Rather than a Paris opera house as in the horror film, Disney set his film in a Spanish café, with …
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Howdy! On this day in 1926, the melodramatic Alice in the Wooly West rode into theaters, starring Margie Gay as the live-action Alice in the animated old west. The story opens with cowboy Julius the cat, atop his trusty steed, riding along merrily while performing exciting lasso tricks. Meanwhile that villainous evil Pete and his …
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On this day in 1926, Julius the cat drives his car and screams “War declared!” in the silent film Alice’s Little Parade. Unlike the earlier Alice cartoons, the title character is hardly in this film at all. At Julius’ urging, all the townspeople—or animals—immediately run to the recruiting station to sign up. There, we briefly …
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Dick Van Dyke has appeared in a number of popular movies and television shows throughout his illustrious career, including The Comic and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, television series including Diagnosis Murder and his own Dick Van Dyke Show and Disney films such as Lt. Robin Crusoe, U.S.N. and Never a Dull Moment. However, he is …
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